CVE-2017-20016

WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner Portscan memory allocation

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 28, 2022 at 08:46 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:14 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorINTEREST Security Scanner

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability has been found in WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner up to 1.8 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Portscan. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to denial of service. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
http://www.computec.ch/news.php?item.117
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.101969
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.101974

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-789CWE-770

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